Making Another Shop #2: Finish Details

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This is part 2 in a 2 part series: Making Another Shop

I'm going to start off by admitting I'm guilty of procrastinating on getting this posted.  I kept telling thinking of one more thing that I wanted to finish in the shop, and another......

After putting the wall up, getting all of the electrical boxes install, drywall installed and basic carpentry completed, and painting the entire garage I started arranging where things should go. 

The Supercell was installed next to the garage door.  It generates a lot of heat so I can open the garage door in the summer.  The other 220V circuit was also on the new wall so that was the only place the table saw could go.  The lathe went along the opposite wall.  This was when the reality of how narrow the new space is started to become a reality.



The storage cabinets were hung on the opposite wall from the garage door.   Once they were up and the workbench was moved into place, I realized I needed more light.  Everything was shuffled around so I could get to the wall.  Since there were no outlets on the wall I opened it up and ran a circuit with some outlets on each end of the bench and also for under-cabinet lights.  It turned out to be a bigger project than I expected:


In addition to pulling the wires, the cabinets had to be relocated and the studs needed to have some modifications so the cabinet cleat had something to screw into.



Once the drywall work was finished:


I added spacers to bottom the short cabinets to make installing the undercabinet lights easier. 



One kit had enough lighting strip to run 2 rows of lights:





Next step, getting everything organized and put away.  When we moved, I brought the slat wall and all of the shelving so it was a matter of figuring out where to put them.  Slat wall was put up behind the bench and table saw. 

Shelves to store lumber were hung in the main garage:



I ordered covers for the bandsaw, planer and jointer and also stored them in the main garage along with a shelf for the Leigh dovetail and M&T jigs and hand held power tools (and my bikes):



The basement has a large unfinished room which I hope to use to finish projects.  The Tormek sharpener and the rolling cabinet that stores the pieces and parts for it are down there, as are some of the other less frequently used jigs. 

The organization and re-organization took several iterations to come to the current layout.  One splurge is the floor.  I had it coated since the concrete was already having spalling issues and the concrete contractor wouldn't stand behind his work.  Supposedly, the polyaspartic/polyurea coating is supposed to be more durable than epoxy and should last much longer.

The dust collection system will be posted as a separate blog.






Small, but cozy!
Flooring looks great, sweeping may actually be fun!
Finally done.  Time to move again?  

Sorry, couldn't resist.  😀

--Nathan, TX. Hire the lazy man. He may not do as much work but that's because he will find a better way.

Nathan - ouch ....... ;+)
Looking good!

Ryan/// ~sigh~ I blew up another bowl. Moke told me "I made the inside bigger than the outside".

Really Earl, stop moving....

Looks tiny, but well appointed. 
SWMBO told me that if I move again it would be without her and half of everything I owned.
Can’t blame her for that! 

Ryan/// ~sigh~ I blew up another bowl. Moke told me "I made the inside bigger than the outside".